mikebikerad
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My buddy gave me his old push mower after we saw a video of a regular pedal bike with a push mower attached to the front, naturally we knew what need to happen next!
After riding it around for over an hour yesterday, we have come to the conclusion that the front mounted push mower cuts the grass awesome in a straight line but turning is nearly impossible because the straight axle turning affect basically tips the bike over when you turn the bars. Interestingly enough if you turn the wrong direction but lean real hard in the direction you want to turn it works best by getting the mower up on one wheel, but it is still hard to turn less than a ~30 foot circle.
A weighted trailer seems like an obvious next step solution
Any other mind blowing solutions or similar project people have worked on?
Here is the video...... and there are more pics on my Facebook(link below)
[youtube]eRnDAaU2woQ [/youtube]
After riding it around for over an hour yesterday, we have come to the conclusion that the front mounted push mower cuts the grass awesome in a straight line but turning is nearly impossible because the straight axle turning affect basically tips the bike over when you turn the bars. Interestingly enough if you turn the wrong direction but lean real hard in the direction you want to turn it works best by getting the mower up on one wheel, but it is still hard to turn less than a ~30 foot circle.
A weighted trailer seems like an obvious next step solution
Any other mind blowing solutions or similar project people have worked on?
Here is the video...... and there are more pics on my Facebook(link below)
[youtube]eRnDAaU2woQ [/youtube]